VIDEOS: Dozens of St. Johns County residents headed to Tallahassee in support of building the Florida Museum of Black History in St. Augustine didn’t get very far Friday morning before they had an unexpected detour.
Their charter bus caught fire on I-10, just west of the Glen St. Mary exit. Despite some dramatic photos, the more than 50 people on the bus were able to get off safely and no one was hurt.
Greg White was on the bus and said the group believes one of the tires blew and caused a spark to ignite the engine.
The group has moved to a staging area and will now take several vans to Tallahassee -- with a police escort from the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.
They are headed to Florida’s capital to help the St. Augustine committee make a case for choosing The Nation’s Oldest City to be the home of the Black History Museum.
WJXT-TV 4 Jacksonville
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VIDEO: The Sarasota County Fire Department took over a 75-year-old home before it is demolished, to use for life-saving drills.
It happened Thursday morning at 2065 Goldenrod Street in Sarasota.
Seven firefighters from Station eight, shift B, rushed into the home that a trainer engulfed with thick billows of smoke. The firefighters had zero visibility and were tasked with finding the “dummy,” to mimic saving a real life.
The training at this house was all possible because of the home’s construction superintendent, Thomas Hemingway. Hemingway got permission from the homebuilder, Courtyard Modern Builders, to donate this 1949 home to the fire department for training before it is demolished and rebuilt. “I’m a third-generation firefighter and it gets me excited,” said Hemingway.
WWSB-TV ABC 7 Sarasota
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VIDEO: When there’s a major emergency, it’s not just the first responders who answer the call – hundreds are working behind the scenes coordinating efforts.
On Wednesday, FEMA met with that group in Volusia County for scenario training. News 6 was there to see it firsthand.
The team met at Volusia’s Emergency Operations Center and reacted to the hypothetical scenario that a large building collapsed in Daytona Beach Shores.
“Almost all of our cities are here, we’ve got county officials from fire, law enforcement, public works, beach, etc., state partners and FEMA folks,” Volusia’s Emergency Management Director Clint Mecham said.
These teams learned from FEMA to react quickly and efficiently if this happened.
WKMG-TV CBS 6 Orlando
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